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GEO agency in Costa Mesa

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GEO, also called AI SEO, is how a company gets named when people take their questions to ChatGPT or Gemini instead of Google. For businesses in Costa Mesa, we measure what AI says about your brand today and do the work needed for it to cite you.

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Featured in the Spanish press

  • Cadena SER
  • COPE
  • El Español
  • La Opinión de Murcia
  • La 7 Televisión Región de Murcia
  • Murcia Plaza
  • Murcia Diario
  • Murcia.com
  • Murcia Economía
  • Élite Murcia
  • Madridiario
  • El Periódico de Ceuta
200+
clients across SEO, GEO and web design
4
places your customers ask: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and Google
24h
is our usual time to get back to you
34
client reviews on Google, averaging five stars

Brands that already work with Vértigo

  • PcComponentes
  • Locking
  • Destaco.es
  • PentestingTeam
  • Legitec
  • Mudanzas Grupo Unión

And so on, past 200 clients.

What we measure when we do GEO in Costa Mesa

A mention is easy to check. Either the answer names your company or it does not, and we keep the screenshots from each month so you can see the change.

2

paths lead to an answer, live search and the memory of the model. Each one calls for different work.

How AI answers

3

things we note for every answer: whether you appear, in what position and with which source.

What we measure

1

monthly report with the saved answers, so you can see with your own eyes what has changed.

Follow-up

4

answer engines: ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and the AI results in Google. We work on your brand in all of them.

Where your customers ask

ChatGPTGeminiPerplexityGoogle AI

Costa MesaUSAWorldwide

GEO for businesses in Costa Mesa

The Census Bureau puts the population of Costa Mesa at 109,131 in 2024. It is the 63rd largest city in California. Across the country it sits in 292nd place by population. We have pages for 76 cities in California.

A smaller city means fewer articles and fewer reviews for an assistant to read. Each good source that mentions your company counts for more here than it would in a big city. We work from Murcia, in Spain, usually 9 hours ahead of Costa Mesa. Meetings are by video call and in English. Nearby, we also cover Huntington Beach, Irvine and Santa Ana.

Population
109,131
State
California
Rank among US cities
292nd
Time difference with our office
Murcia is usually 9 hours ahead
Distance to our office
9,700 km (6,000 miles)

Source: US Census Bureau, 2024 population estimates.

Map of the area where we do AI search optimization for businesses in Costa Mesa
Costa Mesa

Three examples of GEO in Costa Mesa

  • Law firms

    Many people describe their case to an AI assistant before they call a firm. If your site explains each practice area clearly, you are easier to cite when the question is about Costa Mesa.

  • Therapists

    Many people talk to AI first. Whether your practice appears when it suggests professional help depends on your profiles, your reviews and how you present yourself on your site.

  • Moving companies

    AI gets asked what a move costs and who can be trusted. Published guide rates and verified reviews carry the most weight in its answer.

Everything we do for your GEO in Costa Mesa

We measure before we change anything. The starting picture shows the answers you appear in and, for the ones that leave you out, who is there in your place.

  1. 01

    AI visibility audit

    The starting point, in writing: answers you are in, answers where your brand is missing and the sources AI used for each one.

  2. 02

    Question research

    We list the questions that end in a company recommendation and order them by how close they are to a purchase.

  3. 03

    Content AI can cite

    We create the pages that are missing: guide prices, comparisons, frequently asked questions. That is the material answers are made from.

  4. 04

    Structured data and brand

    We make it clear who you are, what you do and where. It sounds minor, but it is the most common fault when an assistant describes a company badly.

  5. 05

    Mentions in the sources AI consults

    Press, rankings and trade directories. The more reliable sources talk about you, the more often your name comes up in the answer.

  6. 06

    Tracking mentions and citations

    Month by month we track which answers you appear in, which links cite you and what visits and inquiries arrive from AI.

From not appearing to being the first recommendation

More and more people ask AI before they search. It makes no difference if the question is about an employment lawyer in Costa Mesa, a gaming laptop or luggage storage in New York. AI names a few companies and the rest go unmentioned.

  1. We ask each assistant about your sector and save the answers.
  2. We rewrite the pages that should answer those questions.
  3. We make your company details match on your website and your profiles.
  4. We work to get the press and listings in your sector to cite you.

Illustrative simulation. AI answers change every time a question is asked and nobody can guarantee a specific recommendation.

How our AI search optimization agency works

  1. 01

    Baseline

    We check what each engine says today about your company and about your competitors.

  2. 02

    Diagnosis

    We work out why it recommends others: what their websites have and where they are mentioned. Out comes a task list, in order.

  3. 03

    Content and sources

    We prepare the pages AI needs in order to talk about you and work on your presence in the places it consults.

  4. 04

    Report and adjust

    We review mentions, links and visits from AI, and decide the next step with you.

Client reviews on Google

5.0

34 Google reviews

“Friendly, effective and quick to sort things out. 100% recommended.”
Marta G. · Google review, translated from Spanish
“Without a doubt the best marketing decision I have made.”
Imelda · Google review, translated from Spanish
“I am really happy with the guys at Vértigo, Jesús and Raúl.”
NP · Google review, translated from Spanish

What people ask us most about GEO in Costa Mesa

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How much does GEO cost in Costa Mesa?

There is no single fee. A brand that AI already talks about needs less work than one starting from nothing, and a crowded sector calls for more content and more mentions. After the audit we send you a fixed quote and you decide, with no obligation.

What is the difference between GEO and SEO?

SEO earns you a position in a list and the click that follows. GEO earns you a mention inside an answer, sometimes with a link and sometimes without. Much of the groundwork is shared, but GEO puts more weight on what third-party sources say about your company.

Which AI engines do you cover?

ChatGPT, Gemini, Perplexity and the AI results Google shows above its listings. Those four are our standard set. If another assistant matters in your sector, such as Microsoft Copilot, we add it to the tracking and report on it with the rest.

Do I need to change my website to do GEO?

You rarely have to rebuild it. The usual work is rewriting some pages, adding the ones that are missing and marking up your data properly. We only propose a new website when the current one is hard for search engines and AI crawlers to read.

Can visits from AI be measured?

Yes. Visits that come from ChatGPT, Perplexity or Gemini can be separated out in your website analytics. We show them to you each month alongside the mentions, so you can see whether being named is turning into visits and inquiries.

What happens if AI says something false about my company?

It happens more often than you would think. We look for where it got the wrong detail, correct it at the source and publish the right information in a way that leaves no room for doubt. Then we keep asking until the answer changes.

Shall we see what AI says about your company?

Leave us your website and we will tell you what AI knows about your brand, what it is missing and where we would start.

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